Motor-cycle seat and carrier attachment.



E. 64 H. PAWSAT,

MOTOR CYCLE SEAT AND CARRIER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 020.16, 1912.

1 1 3,? l 5 a Patented May 18, 1915.

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EWALD PAWSAT AND 'HERMAN PAWSAT, OFSHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN.

MOTOR-CYCLE SEAT AND CARRIER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18,1915.

Application filed December 16, 1912. Serial No. 736,911.

rear ends of the bars 13, by bolts '18. Coiled To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EWALD PAWSAT and HERMAN PAWSAT, citizens of the United States, residing at Sheboygan, county of Sheboygan, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Motor-Cycle Seat and Carrier Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to. improvements in auxiliary seat and package carrier attachments for motor-cycles.

The object of our invention is to provide a device of the class referred to, which will be supported as closely to the main seat as is practicable, which will be provided with auxiliary handlebars and which is adapted for carrying either a person or a package, regard being had for stability and durability and also for the comfort of the rider.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rear wheel of a motor cycle, showing our improved attachment in position of use, a fragment of the motor-cycle frame being also illustrated. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of our improved attachment. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a rear corner of the seat support, showing one of the tension springs connected thereto. Fig. A is a side elevation of a modified construction.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

A seat, preferably composed of front and rear frame bars 1 and 2, connected by longitudinally extending bars 3, is supported at its front end by vertical standards4, the upper ends of which are pivoted to a cross bar 5, preferably by bendlng the ends of the bars 5 downwardly and connecting the standards thereto by bolts 6. But any other form of movable supporting connection may be substituted if desired. The standards A are provided with holes 7 for the rear wheel axle bar and the lower ends may be turned outwardly to form steps 8. Links 9 may be employed to detachably connect the standards with the motor-cycle frame rods 10, said links being pivoted to the standards at 11 and provided with sultable rod clamps 12. A set of bars 13 are also pivoted to the standards, near their upper ends, and extend rearwardly therefrom with inturned elbows at 15. The extremities of these bars are connected by a spacing bar 16, the ends of which are down turned and boltedto the tension springs .19 are connected by the bolts 181w1th the bars 13 and 16 and posts 20 extend downwardly from the rear corner por- 't1OI1S of the seat or carrier through these coiled springs and are connected to the lower ends of the springs at 21. Angular brace bars 22 are bolted or riveted to the The bars 13, cross bar 16 and braces 22 form a sub-frame from which the rear portion of the seat or carrier is supported by the tenj sion springs 19 and posts 20. The elbowed frame of the bars 13 provides a structure of great strength and enables us to connect the braces with the sub-frame in front of its rear end without impairing its rigidity, and it also enables us to partially pocket the springs 19 in thesub-frame, and to connect them at the sides of the posts instead of at the front; 7' V A bar 25 is elbowed and secured to the under side of the bars 1 and 5, with one arm extending vertically and provided with a' cross head 26, the arms of which may serve as handle bars or as an auxiliary means for securing a package to the carrier. It will be observed that the various bars of our improved attachment are each composed of flat metal strips arranged with the bars 13 and the braces 22 set edgewise for strength, while the bar 16 has its flat surfaces at top and bottom, thus facilitating connecting its elbowed ends to the bars 13. The seat bars are also horizontally placed. In Fig. 4, the relative positions of the standards and braces are reversed, standards A being connected to the rear portion of the sub-frame and indirectly supported by the links 9. Brace bars 22' connect the standards with the front portion of the sub-frame and preferably with the downturned ends of the seat cross bar 5. The seat is thus supported from the standards and sub-frame with sub- Copies oi this patent may be obtained for connected With aWheel axle, links adapted to support said, standards from a motorcycle frame, a sub-frame connected with the standards, braces "connecting the rear ends of the sub-frame with the standards, a seat; or carrier-supported from the standards and sub-frame With its front end pivotally connected to the standards, and its rear end having posts depending from the rear end of the seat or'carrier, andv tension springs connecting theposts with the sub-frame,

, said sub-frame having its'side barselbowed near' their rear ends to form notched corners recelvingsald springs. h

'3. An attachment for a motor-cycle :com-

prising a set'of fiat bars connected to form a seat frame, a pair of standards pivotally" connected to end, portionsthereof in the rear of their front extremities and provided With means for connection With' ai motorcycle frame'ataplurality of points, a sub-.

frame comprising a set of flat bars with their fiat sides in a vertical plane, connected five cents each, by addressing Washington, D. 0.

to the standards and having their rear ends connected With each other, a set of similarly arranged braces, connecting the last mentioned bars near their opposite ends with the standards, and tension springs supporti'ngtherear end of the seat frame from he sub-frame. v a I. V

at. An attachmentforimotor-oycles comprising a set of standards adapted to be connected With a motor-cycle frame,fa-si1b-w 7 frame carried thereby, a seat frame pivotally connected intermediate ofits ends with the standards, rods depending from the rear corners of the seat frame 7 and tension springs supporting the rear ends of the seat frame from the sub-frame, the side bars of and suspended from thesub-frame at the junction of the side and cross bars'thereof,

substantially as described.

the sub fram'e beingrelbowed at their rear ends to form notches for the rods, and said springsgbeing located belowsaid notches In'testimony whereof We affix onrsignatures inthe presence of tWo Witnesses.

' 4 EWALD PAWSAT. l-lEBMAN PAWSAT.

Witnesses: s V

i W. MOU T,

W M. H; 'GRUBE;

the Commissioner of Patents; 

